Patents by Inventor Robert McGowan

Robert McGowan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10684612
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the techniques herein include receiving a request for a suggested distribution rate of a particular field-distributed commodity in a particular geographical area. Based on that request, two or more rate models for distribution of the particular field-distributed commodity are computed, where one rate model is a user-tolerance model. The suggested distribution rate of the particular field-distributed commodity is determined by performing Bayesian updating where the user-tolerance model is treated as a prior distribution and distributions for each of the other rate models of the two or more rate models for distribution of the particular field-distributed commodity in the particular geographical area are treated as input data in the Bayesian updating. The determined suggested distribution rate of the particular field-distributed commodity is then sent in response to the received request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: The Climate Corporation
    Inventors: Maria Antonia Terres, Robert P. Ewing, John B. Gates, Andrew Robert McGowan
  • Publication number: 20200117173
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the techniques herein include receiving a request for a suggested distribution rate of a particular field-distributed commodity in a particular geographical area. Based on that request, two or more rate models for distribution of the particular field-distributed commodity are computed, where one rate model is a user-tolerance model. The suggested distribution rate of the particular field-distributed commodity is determined by performing Bayesian updating where the user-tolerance model is treated as a prior distribution and distributions for each of the other rate models of the two or more rate models for distribution of the particular field-distributed commodity in the particular geographical area are treated as input data in the Bayesian updating. The determined suggested distribution rate of the particular field-distributed commodity is then sent in response to the received request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: MARIA ANTONIA TERRES, ROBERT P. EWING, JOHN B. GATES, ANDREW ROBERT McGOWAN
  • Publication number: 20200097987
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the techniques herein include receiving a request for growing predictions for multiple regions within a growing operation. From there, user-specific tolerance rates are received for each region and scientifically-generated recommended prescription rates are determined for each region of the multiple regions. Weather risk estimates are determined for each region for each rate, and those weather risk estimates are returned in response to the request for growing predictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Maria Antonia Terres, Robert P. Ewing, John B. Gates, Andrew Robert McGowan
  • Patent number: 10048314
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Publication number: 20180136278
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9903912
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Publication number: 20170160344
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9626279
    Abstract: A method and information processing system provide trace compression for trace messages. In response to a branch of a conditional branch instruction having not been taken or having been taken, a flag of a history buffer is set or cleared. A trace address message is generated in response to a conditional indirect branch instruction being taken, wherein the trace address message includes address information indicating the destination address of the taken branch, and an index value indicating a corresponding flag of the history buffer. In response to a return from interrupt or return from exception instruction, a predicted return address is compared to an actual return address. A trace address message is generated in response to the predicted and actual return addresses not matching. A trace address message is not generated in response to the predicted and actual return addresses matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. McGowan, Robert N. Ehrlich
  • Patent number: 9626280
    Abstract: A method and information processing system provide trace compression for trace messages. In response to a branch of a conditional branch instruction having not been taken or having been taken, a flag of a history buffer is set or cleared. A trace address message is generated in response to a conditional indirect branch instruction being taken, wherein the trace address message includes address information indicating the destination address of the taken branch, and an index value indicating a corresponding flag of the history buffer. In response to a return from interrupt or return from exception instruction, a predicted return address is compared to an actual return address. A trace address message is generated in response to the predicted and actual return addresses not matching. A trace address message is not generated in response to the predicted and actual return addresses matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert N. Ehrlich, Robert A. McGowan, Michael B. Schinzler
  • Patent number: 9612283
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9495169
    Abstract: A program trace data compression mechanism in which execution of a variable length execution set (VLES) including multiple non-branch conditional instructions are traced in real-time in a manner that allows the instruction execution to be reconstructed completely by correlating the trace data with the traced binary code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Robert N. Ehrlich, Petru Lauric, Robert A. McGowan
  • Publication number: 20160299191
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9395413
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Publication number: 20160154058
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9304880
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an asynchronous multicore common debugging system is described. Debug signals from a plurality of processor cores are synchronized to a common timing domain. Processing completed within the plurality of processor cores during a common timing interval is tracked. A single debugging tool chain is utilized to provide debugging results in response to the tracking the processing completed within the plurality of processor cores during the common timing interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Olivarez, Stephen J. Benzel, Robert N. Ehrlich, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9285426
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Publication number: 20160003905
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9157958
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Publication number: 20150253386
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9063197
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Robert A. McGowan